New York Yankees shortstop Alex Rodriguez says he doesn’t know anything at all about a reported deal being discussed between his agent and the Chicago Cubs, which would net him a $300 million contract that would include a piece of the team.

General Motors workers are out on strike for the first time in 37 years after the union-imposed deadline for a new contract passed. The strike will reportedly cost GM more than 12,000 vehicles a day, and will force shutdowns in Canada and Mexico as well.

The former drummer of Eighties punk band the Ramones is suing Apple and Wal-Mart claiming that they never got licenses for downloads of six songs he wrote for the group.

U.K. employers who object to garish tattoos, multiple face-piercings, crude T-shirt slogans, and "revealing" among their employees are entering a potential minefield, say HR specialists, who say that blanket bans on such things in the work force may be discriminatory.